The Interesting Specs of Detroit Culture: Surreal Estate and Underground Hip-Hop

If I had the choice to move to the Motor City of Detroit, Michigan, I would probably say no. I would love to visit, regardless of the city ranking number one on the top ten most dangerous cities in America.
It would be easy to get a house in Detroit though. Look up Detroit Real Estate, I guarantee that you will find homes for under 1,000 dollars. Seems like a good investment. However, these foreclosed and abandoned homes are stripped off almost all of the necessities by thieves. Most Detroit homes for sale have boarded up windows, horrible structure, and usually need a new roof. No one would be surprised if they found squatters in a foreclosed Detroit house. Regardless, I still kind of want to buy a dilapidated house with four bedrooms and half a bathroom for $800.
Another cool aspect of Detroit culture is the music. Lots of hip-hop artists came from Detroit. Of course, everyone knows the Real Slim Shady grew up in Detroit. But not many people know of his earlier solo and group albums, including his debut album, "Infinite", released in 1996, and his first EP, "Slim Shady EP", released in 1997, which is known for being the first album where Eminem portrays his insane alter-ego Slim Shady. Multiple tracks from the Slim Shady EP ended up being placed as tracks on the Slim Shady LP, Eminem's breakout album which was produced by Dr.Dre. There are some even more obscure tracks of Eminem from 1988-1995, when he was a member of the now-defunct and deeply underground rap group "Soul Intent".

Eminem sitting in front of his dilapidated childhood home in Detroit.

Another group that Eminem is a member of is D12, which was underground until 2001, when they dropped their first album under a label. They've made one other studio album and several mixtapes since then. The group is still a bit underground, but received media attention in the early 2000's since Eminem is a member.
Other rappers from Detroit are Xzibit and Obie Trice, who are both affiliated to Eminem and Dre. Technically, the horrorcore rap duo Insane Clown Posse also comes from Detroit, but no one likes them and no one recommends them.